Friday, August 19, 2011

Along with Michele Bachmann, Governor Perry of Texas actually makes Sarah Palin look like the fountain of reason, moderation, and commonsense! The GOP presidential candidate and frontrunner is considered by many, including some in the Republican Party, to be an unqualified candidate for the presidency of the United States. Bruce Barlett, former advisor to Ronald Reagan and former Treasury official under George H. W. Bush, called Perry an 'IDIOT,' click here.

~ Perry says scientists manipulate climate data for selfish gains.

Speaking to a group in New Hampshire on August 17th, Governor Perry questioned the veracity of Climate-Change science. But the idea of a conspiracy among the global scientific community as well as international governmental agencies betrays just how paranoid and ignorant Rick Perry is about science. Scientific ideas, like the articles published in scientific journals such as NATURE and SCIENCE are already under intense and rigorous scrutiny by the academic community itself. To replicate other scientists' experiments as well as to write a tough but convincing critique of other scientists' papers are as important to the career of a scholar as the publishing of his/her own research or theories. This is how academics demonstrate their intellectual prowess among their peers. It is a highly competitive and adversarial system, in the tradition of the Socratic method.

So, it is extremely likely that any bad research would be viciously exposed and criticized by competent scientists regardless of their own personal beliefs on the matter. A successful scientist is one who convinces the college of academics of his/her theories or research as being notable and credible. And without doubt, the jury of worldwide scientists believes that not only does Global Warming exist, it is likely to be caused by humans. There is no gain for any scientist to do bad science or to collude with those who pratice bad science. It would mean an end to his/her career – not more research grants, as Governor Perry suggests.

(April 14, 2014) Did you know America is poised to be the world's biggest carbon-based fuel producer by 2015? Read our latest article on the Keystone XL pipeline and the Canadian tar sands, click here.

(June 4, 2014) Read our latest article on how the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) will crack down on coal in the U.S. Also, learn about what the People's Republic of China is doing to the world’s environment! Click here.